CH 376

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Hearing Li Huowang's question, the eunuch hurriedly explained respectfully.

"In response to your question, sir, most ordinary tasks below the Gengqi level are handled this way. But if you go further up, it will be different..."

Listening to the eunuch's explanation, Li Huowang realized that it was the same as what Tuoba Danqing had told him before.

The internal structure of the Monitoring Heaven Bureau was strict on the outside but loose on the inside. If one wanted to climb up, the corresponding restrictions would become tighter. When one reached the position of a Memory Keeper, it was basically no different from being an official in the court. They would have official robes and superiors to manage them. However, in return, they could obtain some hidden benefits within the Monitoring Heaven Bureau, such as methods to dispel obsessions and prolong life, as well as various secret techniques and treasures that were not circulated outside. The higher the position, the better the things that could be obtained with salary.

Of course, for someone like Li Huowang, who was just a wandering soldier, he naturally had nothing. At most, he could exchange some ordinary things with the elixir of longevity.

As for when one could enter the inner circle of the Monitoring Heaven Bureau from the outer circle, it all depended on the actions of each person in their daily life. As long as the leadership of the Monitoring Heaven Bureau felt that a person was diligent enough, intelligent enough, and had a background that was completely trustworthy, they would send someone to have a detailed discussion with them.

But Li Huowang didn't care about any of this. He had his own purpose. "What tasks does the Monitoring Heaven Bureau have regarding the Taoist sects that deceive beings?"

"Sir, please wait a moment. I will go and get it for you." The eunuch bowed his head and slowly retreated from behind the screen.

Seeing Li Huowang's actions, Sima Lan frowned slightly, and the blind bird beside him asked, "Why are you only looking for the Taoist sects that deceive beings?"

"I have a grudge with them," Li Huowang replied with a completely normal answer.

Sima Lan didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he didn't ask any further.

After a while, the eunuch returned, holding a stack of paper filled with words in his hands.

"This sir, these are..." Before he could finish speaking, Li Huowang snatched them away, flipping through them one by one.

However, after flipping through them from beginning to end, Li Huowang did not find any trace of Beifeng.

When Li Huowang looked up again, he found that Sima Lan had already left at some point.

He didn't care and directly asked the eunuch beside him, "Why are they all small tasks? And they are all suspected, not even confirmed. Aren't there any tasks like dealing with the Four Joys and Three Elements?"

Upon hearing Li Huowang's words, the eunuch was immediately frightened. "Oh, sir, if there were tasks like the Four Joys and Three Elements, it would be a major matter. The bureau would have sent people to solve it long ago. There wouldn't be any slow selection process here!"

"That servant tells you, there are naturally different kinds of tasks. Tasks like the Four Joys and Three Elements of the Taoist sects that deceive beings are considered Class C, but they are very important. Speed is of the essence. There is no time to slowly select."

Li Huowang nodded understandingly. It was normal to think about it. If they didn't react quickly to the high-level members of the Taoist sects that deceive beings, the common people would be turned upside down by them.

But at this moment, Li Huowang faced a dilemma. He had already come to this place, but he had no clue how to find Beifeng.

After thinking for a moment, Li Huowang opened his mouth and asked the eunuch again, "Are there any records about the Four Joys and Three Elements here? Anything will do."

"Um, please wait a moment, sir. I will help you find them."

Li Huowang had only asked casually, but he didn't expect the eunuch to actually bring a large stack of them. "Sir, you are a Gengqi, so naturally, you can read these."

Li Huowang took the book from the other party and quickly began to search. His target this time was still Beifeng.

After searching for so long, he finally found something. Three years ago, Beifeng last appeared in Wuzhou's Tanyang County. According to the records of the Monitoring Heaven Bureau, he appeared to control a heart element along with Dongfeng. He claimed that if this heart element did not follow their instructions, Beifeng would kill the heart element's illusory family members.

Seeing this, Li Huowang frowned. He continued to read attentively.

As one of the Four Joys, Beifeng was naturally very powerful. He could instantly confuse people and could cooperate with Dongfeng to exchange bodies with others. As long as they wanted, they could exchange bodies with anyone they looked at, and this ability could still exist even after they changed bodies.

At that time, Tanyang County was completely chaotic because of them. The wife's body was filled with the grandmother, while the husband's body was filled with the grandson. The ethical and familial relationships of the people were completely messed up by them.

What was even more important was that as one of the Four Joys, Beifeng was very good at using people's darkness. Under their deception, some people quickly became accomplices.

Not only that, in an unfavorable situation, Beifeng turned a seventeen-year-old woman into one of the Five Paths of the Taoist sects that deceive beings through deception within just an hour. The result at that time was that a Memory Keeper and a Deputy Chief lost their lives, Beifeng captured the heart element, and Dongfeng lost his life.

Li Huowang flipped through the papers in his hand, memorizing everything about Beifeng.

He already knew about the Memory Keeper, and the so-called Deputy Chief was probably not low in rank. Moreover, this was the result of more than a dozen people being dispatched, which was enough to prove Beifeng's strength.

What was even more important was that Beifeng's ability was extremely strange. He could actually exchange bodies with people and even directly transform a normal person into one of his own through deception.

At this moment, Li Huowang felt a great pressure. He finally understood the true strength of the Four Joys of the Taoist sects that deceive beings.

And now, he found it extremely difficult to deal with such an existence.

If there was any good news, it was that Li Huowang finally stopped treating the enemy as a black box.

"But speaking of it, is it really possible for Beifeng to threaten the illusory family members of the heart element?" Li Huowang hesitated for a moment.

At the thought of his mother and Yang Na being threatened by the Taoist sects that deceive beings, and even the possibility of being completely deceived by them... Li Huowang's expression became ferocious.

"Sir? Do you have any other orders?" the eunuch asked cautiously.

Li Huowang handed the pages in his hand to him. "Take them back."

"Yes, sir." Just as the eunuch was about to leave the screen, Li Huowang suddenly stopped him.

"Wait, can I access most of the books in the bureau with this waist token?"

"Yes, sir. You can access the first to fourth libraries."

Hearing this, Li Huowang clenched his fist. "I want as many books and records about the heart element as possible. The more detailed, the better."

Li Huowang knew that he was the heart element, but he had always had a question pressing on his mind: what exactly was the heart element? Since he had come here, he naturally wanted to see how the Monitoring Heaven Bureau explained the heart element!

(End of this chapter)